Sheldon Jackson

Sheldon Jackson

male, deceased (1909)
AlaskaNative, reindeer, Siberia, princeton theological seminary, missionary, inuit…Alaska Natives
Rev. Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) was a Presbyterian missionary in the Western United States in the 19th century. He is particularly known for his...
Elizabeth Peratrovich

Elizabeth Peratrovich

female
Presbyterian, Tlingit, AlaskaNative, Sitka, Alaska writer, Western College of Education…Alaska Native Brotherhood, Alaska Native Sisterhood, From Alaska
Elizabeth W. Peratrovich (née: Wanamaker) (b. July 4, 1911-d. December 1, 1958) was an important Alaska civil rights activist, working on behalf o...
Marie Smith

Marie Smith

female, 91 years old
Last known speaker of a language, From ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, AlaskaNative, Eyak language
Marie Smith Jones (born May 14, 1918 in Cordova, Alaska) is the last surviving speaker of the Eyak language of southcentral Alaska. She is also the...
Nora Marks Dauenhauer

Nora Marks Dauenhauer

female
poet, Sealaska Heritage Foundation, Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature, Alaska writer, AlaskaNative, Tlingit…From Alaska
Nora Marks Dauenhauer is an American poet and short-story writer and a scholar of the language and traditions of the Tlingit aboriginal nation in...
Peter Kalifornsky

Peter Kalifornsky

male, deceased (1993)
sukdu, James Kari, Kenai Peninsula College, AlaskaNative, Alaska Native Language Center, From Alaska…Alaska writer, Native American
Peter Kalifornsky (1911-1993), was a self-taught writer and ethnographer of Kenai, Alaska, who wrote traditional stories, poems, and language...
Dorothy Page

Dorothy Page

female, deceased (1989)
AlaskaNative, purchase of alaska, Alaska Natives, dogsled racing, 20th centuries, 1,600 km…Alaska Interior, Alaska Purchase, Alaska Bush, From Alaska
Dorothy G. Page (died November 16, 1989) was best known as "Mother of the Iditarod", the 1,049-mile (about 1,600 km) dog sled race across the U.S....

John Baker

male
American Inuit, Alaska dog musher, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, dog musher, dogsled racing, Inupiat…AlaskaNative, Native American sportspeople
John Baker (born 1960 or 1961, in Kotzebue, Alaska) is self-employed American dog musher, pilot and motivational speaker of Inupiat descent who...
Libby Roderick

Libby Roderick

female, 51 years old
Yale University, singer/songwriter, From ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, AlaskaNative, Alaska musician, poet
Libby Roderick is an American singer/songwriter, poet, activist, and teacher. She was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska where she still lives...
Ramy Brooks

Ramy Brooks

40 years old
Ramy, Brooks, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska dog musher, ray, American of Inuit descent…AlaskaNative, From fairbanks, alaska, Native American sportspeople
Ramy "Ray" Brooks (born December 24, 1968 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an Alaska Native kennel owner and operator, motivational speaker, and dog musher...